When she was going down the mountain, the one-inch monk found a string of beaded yarn out of nowhere, and originally taught her to wear a hat to cover her face.

"You are still young, you don't know the sinister hearts of people, I really can't rest assured that you are alone outside, so I will call a few disciples from the outer sect to go with you. ”

Nan Huaijin couldn't shirk it, and the one-inch monk really called six disciples from the outer gate, each of whom was from Bianjing, and went to Qingyun Mountain to practice martial arts.

"This is Nan Huaijin, the disciple of the Lord of the Lu Gate, this time I went down the mountain to help the Bianjing Imperial City Division investigate a tricky case in the rivers and lakes, and then let her experience and experience, the six of you must take good care of her and protect her, if there is really danger, you can pass the book back. ”

"Disciple obeys!"

One of these six people is a female disciple who can take care of Nan Huaijin closely, and the other five are not weak in martial arts, and the six of them are also very powerful.

The woman's name is Zhuqiu, and she is also twenty or thirty years old, and she has practiced on Qingyun Mountain for several years, and her martial arts have also improved a lot.

The remaining five people are Quan Shou, Wu Changfeng, and Lu Sanhuan.

Qi Zixiu, Qi Wenjin is a brother, he has a good heart, two people with two fast swords, and they are very handy to cooperate

The faint shadow words are engraved on the sword body, and the brilliance is gone, but it is equipped with an ink-black scabbard, which does look like a pair, but the silver of the hilt, although it is the ink-black scabbard, can be a faint silver vein, the two are connected together, tightly seamless, although the whole sword is heavy, but it is slender and thin.

Going down the mountain, Nan Huai Jin carried the newly obtained Chengying and the sword chiffon given to her by her original master, and the rest of the clothes were wrapped on Zhu Qiu's body, Zhu Qiu didn't like to talk, but all the way down the mountain, he also took care of Nan Huai Jin, and the remaining five disciples Quan Shou and Wu Changfeng and Lu San were still walking in front, while Nan Huai Jin and Zhu Qiu were together, and Qi Zixiu and Qi Wenjin brothers followed behind.

Bianjing is thousands of miles in the north of Qingyun Mountain, and it is only dozens of miles away after walking for half a day, but it has finally entered the boundary of Shouzhou, which is a big city, people come and go in the city, there are many vendors, the people live in peace, and there are officers and soldiers stationed at the city gate, and many ox carts pull small wooden carts and swayed through the city gate.

"Senior Sister Nan, why don't you just stay in this city for a while, and then set off tomorrow? Just go and find some horses, otherwise Senior Sister will need a month or two to get to Bianjing. ”

The scenery under the mountain is really gorgeous, it is a restaurant for eating, and it is also a beautiful place, Xiao Er is very familiar with coming forward, and he has long seen this group of people coming from the street, the woman with the white veil hanging on her face is wearing a delicate white dress, wearing a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and with Zhu Yu Linglong on her neck, he thinks that the identity must be unusual.

The woman walked past Xiao Er with two swords on her back, and a burst of soul-hooking body fragrance wafted past the woman, Xiao Er's face was stunned, and he seemed to have lost his mind.

Suddenly woke up, what is wrong with me? What about the guest, when did you go in? Xiao Er thought and hurriedly went up to talk.

Yuxianglou, the guests who come to us come from all over the world are all over the world, and you will make good wine and good food, so what do you want to eat?"

Before he could get closer, another woman in plain clothes stopped him, and several strong men who came with him also sat down at a table not far away.

"Is there a private room in this store?" the woman asked, she casually entered the door and looked around, there were indeed many people eating, and the dishes were also very beautiful.

"How many more boxes should there be, how many are they?"

"Book a private room, Xiao Er, how much money does it cost to stay in this restaurant for one night?" Zhu begged

There are indeed boxes, and there are no people eating in the boxes on weekdays, and a box will cost an extra half a dollar to eat a meal.

"Sleep in the box of this Yuxianglou for one night, but it's only half a penny. ”

"If there are any good dishes in this shop, pick some good ones. Yu Changfeng threw two silver ingots on Xiao Er's plate, and Xiao Er collected all the money, smiled and went downstairs to prepare.

The cries of the vendors outside the building, the pedestrians looked left and right with their money bags in their arms, and there were a few beggars, sitting under the eaves of the street corner in tattered clothes, holding broken bowls and tiles in their hands, some well-wishers passed by, and threw some food, and some little babies stepped forward and threw down two round copper plates from their hands.

Nan Huaijin held her chin in her hand and took a closer look, there were many guests eating and drinking downstairs, it was too different, she used to be on the mountain, there were not many people in the inner door, the pavilion occupied a large area, and there were not necessarily many people talking all day, but since going down the mountain, there were voices everywhere, and when I entered the city, there were more people than I could count.

Zhu Qiu tidied up the bed in the box for her, and a few of the brothers from the outer door had already gone out, they were guarding the door, and a few people were laughing and discussing martial arts.

"Senior sister, it's all taken care of, why don't you wash your face first?"

"No need. ”

Nan Huaijin turned his head and said, "I'm not tired, let's look at it for a while." ”

Zhu Qiu thought to himself, this closed disciple of the Lord of Ling Tianmen had been on Qingyun Mountain for ten years, and it was naturally unaccustomed to going down the mountain, so it would be good to wait for a few days.

The meals were very good, Songjiang chestnut fish, Shouzhou whole duck, and a small dish of stewed lamb slices.

Nan Huaijin said: "It's better to go down the mountain, there is meat to eat." ”

Zhu Qiu smiled bitterly, this meal was all meat dishes, but these three dishes cost one or two pieces of silver, which is enough for the expenses of an ordinary family of five for more than ten days.

However, a lot of money was brought down from Qingyun Mountain, just one inch of gold and silver taken by Shizun had a thousand taels, and some money was paid, which really loved this Nan Huaijin.

Someone knocked at the door, it was Lu Sanhuan, who had gone to the city to find a horse market before, and now he was back.

Lu San also said: "In the entire Shouzhou City, there is not a single horse market, no wonder, there is not a single family with horses in the whole city." ”

"I haven't been down for a few years, and the price of horses may be expensive, and ordinary people must not be able to afford them. ”

"The Great Song Dynasty horses are few and inferior, three years ago, the cheapest mules and horses in Bianjing cost seventeen or eighteen yuan, and now I don't know how much, but the Song Liao war has stopped, there should be horses to buy. "It was Qi Zixiu who spoke, his family lived in Bianjing, and his family was originally a big businessman, and there were many mules and horses for supporting things, and the price was transparent.

"It's all right, let's go fast, it's a big deal. Nan Huaijin said indifferently.

"How is it possible! Senior sister, you have good qualifications when you were a child, and you have practiced excellent light skills since you were a child, and you have practiced the kung fu of cloud climbing art perfectly, and it is easy to travel hundreds of miles a day, but a few of us are just ordinary light skills in the door, and we can't catch up." Lu San also said with a wry smile.

The cheats on the bookshelf, the price of a visit is not expensive, even Qi Zixiu and Qi Wenjin look down on them.

Nan Huaijin thought for a while and said, "Then why don't I go first, and you can follow later." ”

Zhu Qiu shook his head: "No, the six of us are ordered by Shakyamuni to protect my senior sister." ”

Zhu Qiu turned his head to look at Lu San and said, "Senior Brother Sanhuan, you and Senior Brother Zixiu will go to find it together, and you have to hurry up." ”

Shouzhou City, ordinary people travel, in addition to ox carts, that is, donkeys to pull, ordinary donkey carts can be sold seven or eight times.

A mule-horse cart and six horses, a stack of handedness, were bought back from the family of this gambling and down-and-out court official.

The restaurant stayed for one night, Nan Huaijin didn't sleep well this night, the habit of living on the mountain, the city is noisier than the mountain, and there is a watch to report the hour at night.

On the second day, several people went on the road, there were mountains and rivers along the way, and the further north they went, the more scattered villages there were, the more people traveled on the road, and sometimes you could see some merchant teams.

Wu Changfeng said: "Today's official family governs the country in a good way, the Song and Liao wars have stopped for many years, the people can finally live and work in peace and contentment, these merchants are all from Jiangnan, senior sister, you see, that is the merchants of Hangzhou City." ”

Zhu Qiu sneered: "It's just the surface, the emperor is exploiting excessively, if you don't carefully see the bottom of this situation, you will never know how hard those people live." ”

Not only are there more merchants in a hurry, but there are also more beggars visible all the way, there are more than a dozen beggars, and there are dozens of them, and a team of people are holding broken bowls and begging the merchants for alms.

Some impatient merchants were angry and shouted: "All of them have itchy skin, right?

Several servants armed with sticks stepped forward to drive away, and one stick was struck on an old beggar, and the old man spat out a mouthful of old blood, and the beggars on the side immediately scattered and fled in panic.

When the slaves saw that the beggars were running fast, they did not chase after them, but beat the old beggar on the ground, and the merchant stood aside and spat and shouted: "There are so many people on this road, they have to come to me to beg for this, if you really be an uncle, can you take my money? Beat me, the old immortal, cut off one of his legs, and tie him to the tree." ”

A few of the slaves behaved and said, "Yes." ”

A few people stepped forward and grabbed the old man's hands and legs, and the old man shouted for help, but where did the thin beggars dare to step forward, they could only hurry past the side, and there was no official errand on this road, although there was a carriage and a few horsemen in the distance, but no one dared to drink a few slaves.

The thick stick was thicker than a human arm, and it reached the back of his head, and the slave smashed it hard at the old beggar's leg, and the old beggar had a look of horror in his eyes, desperately trying to break free from the entanglement of several people.

When the stick was about to reach the old man's leg with the sound of the wind, there was a muffled sound, and the slave with the stick flew a foot away, fell to the ground, and rolled back and forth in pain on his side.

"Who?"

As soon as the surprised vendor's voice fell, a figure flashed, and the cold coldness of Sen Leng stopped in front of his throat, this snowy Pu knife was very sharp, just stopped on the skin between his throat, the vendor felt a pain in his throat, and several servants just fell to the ground in an instant, and were hit by the flying scabbard and flew out upside down, and fell into a piece.

Quan Shou snorted coldly, his knife stopped in front of the vendor's Adam's apple, the vendor even cried out in shock, Quan Shou said angrily: "In broad daylight, you dare to let your servants hurt people in front of others, it's really vicious!"

"Hero, spare your life!" the merchant's face was dripping with cold sweat, his lips trembled, his legs were weak, and he actually knelt down with a thud.

The carriage was near, and so were some of the horsemen, and several of the slaves knelt on the ground and begged for the merchant's life.

"Senior sister, shall I kill him?" said Quan Shou.

Zhu Qiu spoke: "Such a person is full of evil, and the money he has obtained must not come cleanly, and it is not a pity to die, kill him!"

Zhu Qiu has always been jealous and hateful, the sword in her hand was pulled out, she wiped it bright on weekdays, and when she saw this merchant so harmful, she was so angry that she opened her mouth and picked up the blade to kill someone.